Thistle & Phlox

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thistleandphlox

East Midlands Floral Designer
💐Weddings, Events, Funerals and Seasonal Workshops
🌷Starting on my journey of growing my own British blooms

Inspiration. I love the feeling of being inspired.

Inspiration. I love the feeling of being inspired. Walks in the country are my favourite. Seeing the different colours, shapes and textures of what’s growing naturally and seasonally; it sparks ideas off in my mind.
I feel inspired by a problem too. When you’ve got to work to figure out how to make flowers work gets me excited.
The amazing florists of Instagram are of course an inspiration too, and provide that daily for me.
Beautiful photo by @geoffkirbyphoto in very inspiring surroundings.

Proud Moment. Any time any lovely person chooses m

Proud Moment. Any time any lovely person chooses me to make their flowers is a proud moment.
Others include, the local the council asking to share my business on their pages and being asked to teach a workshop for a pretty big companies Xmas party.
I’m very self critical but each time these things happen it affirms I must be ‘doing the flowers’ well. To be honest every time I even get a like or follow it makes me smile 😊

My Passion. This is difficult because I just love

My Passion. This is difficult because I just love flowers, for everyone and everywhere. There’s something special about creating significant flowers for weddings though, but along with that comes a bit of pressure so it’s always nice to create just for creating’s sake. Being honest I do have a passion for funeral flowers, not letters, animals or similar but beautiful, meaningful arrangements. Understandably donations are often being chosen in replacement of flowers now but I do think there’s a joy that comes from flowers at a funeral.

Favourite Flower. Nope it’s not Thistle, nor Phl

Favourite Flower. Nope it’s not Thistle, nor Phlox. Although Phlox are super pretty, you can spot some in this heart I did for a garden wedding reception. It’s hard to choose a favourite when there’s so many. I do have a soft spot for Ranunculus though. Before I knew anything about flowers I used to love Gerbera and even had them in my bridal bouquet 😂 (9 years ago I must add!) What’s your favourite?

My creative space.
I can feel creative in any num

My creative space.
I can feel creative in any number of places and by a lot of things, but the place I actually create is in a Summer house at the bottom of the garden that we had purpose built. You can see it on my ‘about me’ highlight if you like. It’s got great temperature control, storage and workspace.
I often get calls asking about flowers and then the question, ‘where’s your shop?’. Times have changed. The best florists, ones I admire, work from home. We’re trained, experienced and perfectly capable of making flowers at our houses without the distractions of a shop.
I have no doubt my creative space will adapt with my needs over the years.
📷 @jessica_coates_photography

First day of May. Shouldn’t the weather be bette

First day of May. Shouldn’t the weather be better than this?! But mind you, it is Bank Holiday.
So, I didn’t do #marchmeetthemaker so I might do #maymeetthemaker 😂 or at least use some of the prompts.
First up is why I became a florist. I had an urge to push myself to evolve and continue to learn. I’d already had a go at my own wedding flowers a good few years before I studied Floral Design, so it seemed a natural fit. I loved my time at @derbycollege. I’m forever evolving.

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